New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17

time In making combins alton of New-York capitalists
and eiecting consolidation OF extensive coal and
rvn interests In the great Hooking Valley In Ohio
Tho pool sl large one, and many Wall Street men
are interested in H. Efforts TO consolidate the proper
ties have been In progress for eight ton years. but
this Is the first successful movement In that direction
He is slso promoting railroad Northern
OHIO rs part OF new through line to Chicago from the
| East.
In the park at Forty -second-st and Sixth ave- the
other morning I found Professor j. Fl. Patton, the
historian, taking in fresh supply Of before
going back to his desk in his library In Fortyseventh
St Mr.. Patton told that he is engaged upon
history of the natural of the United States
which will be Issued early 10 the fall He has written
within short time concise work upon protective
tarif and abbreviated history of the Democratic
party. which have much value to orators and pub
lie men that he has been induced to consider prof.
cot for rewriting and consolidating them a sort of
political textbook.
p. Z. Dove, the wel-known commercial traveller,
whose father connected with the early water
supply of NewYork City, remarked the other day
that 1T took considerable more to kill man politically
in our day than it did half century back in the his
tory OF New-York, judging from what he had heard
his father in reference to water works affairs Said
Dir. Dove I" The original Water Committee OF the
Board OF Aldermen Messrs. Engs, Bro gn and
another whose name l have forgotten Ny father
heard Mr. Engs say in speech at Firemcns Hall that
he had been debarred from political positions because
OF his influencing the expenditure of $4,000 for the
purchasing of the ground and site OF the original New
York Reservoir although he did because he thought
it to be the peoples interest This same property
aiterward sold for ten times the original cost.
Each year the people considered less and less in
political adairs OF New-York. Why in the talk of
appropriation OF $40, 900 900 for the Quaker Bridge
Dam and the vast expenditure tor the New Aqueduct
the people are not considered in the least Yet was
put to q vote OF the people whether OF not Croton
water shonld be introduced. and believe tho entire
cost. including the High Bridge, was only about
$lG,000,O00."
Que Of the most ingenious and curious railroad in
ventons of the day is the dynagraph aud track-in.
speeton system OF P. II. Dudley. Mr. Dove met Mr..
Dudley In Springfield Mass, few days ago, and told
about his visit to the dynagraph and track inspec
ton car which was side tracked there for the night
The track-inspection apparatus,' said Mr.. Dove,
is tod from arol OF paper printed in lines either
one-eghth three sxteeuths OF inch apart, the
rule OF the railroad company should require, and
spaced OF equidistant The sheet of paper is run
under point which marks the paper according to
the track surface and side undul6tion. An attachment
automatically discharges At the low aud bad places In
the track blue fluid TO mark such places. The rail
road company have complete inspection OF its
track by running this ever it. The car ~ in
demand all over the country. The dynagraph is an
apparatus connected with this by which ID Is pos
sble to shc W the power required TO draw any train
the various grades OF the roads GA which it Is
run